Archive News Releases 2005
NCTO Press Release, 12/22/05
NCTO Applauds Passage of Defense Authorization Bill
NCTO Press Release, 12/19/05
NCTO President Responds to Conclusion of Hong Kong Ministerial and Agreement to Provide Duty-Free Access for LDCs
NCTO Press Release, 12/15/05
Price Data Refutes LDC Coordinator Claim That African Exporters Will Not Suffer if Bangladesh is Granted Zero Duty/Zero Quota Textile Access
Industry Press Release, 12/15/05
TURKISH INDUSTRY Joins Western Hemisphere and African Textile and Apparel Groups in Warning that Unrestricted LDC Duty-Free/Quota-Free Textile Access Would Harm Turkish Exports (PDF)
Industry Press Release, 12/8/05
Members of Congress Call for United States to Oppose the E.U.-Led LDC Duty-Free, Quota-Free Initiative on Textiles and to Endorse Separate Textile Talks in Upcoming WTO Negotiations
NCTO Press Release, 12/7/05
Trade Groups from AFRICA Say Trade Preferences Must be Preserved in Hong Kong
NCTO Press Release, 12/5/05
NCTO Warns that LDC Duty-Free/Quota-Free Textile Provisions Could Destroy African, Middle Eastern and Western Hemisphere Trade Preferences (PDF)
NCTO Press Release, 12/1/05
NCTO Decries Chinese Bailout of Textile Giant
NCTO Press Release, 11/29/05
NCTO Welcomes Spooner and Quesenberry Announcements
NCTO Press Release, 11/14/05
Trade Groups from NAFTA, CAFTA and ANDEAN Region Say Textile Sectoral is a “Must Have” in Doha Round
NCTO Press Release, 11/8/05
NCTO Applauds New 3-Year Bilateral With China
GAFTT Press Release, 10/28/05
GAFTT Position Paper – Special Textile Sectoral Approach(PDF)
Joint Press Release, 10/13/05
China Talks Collapse and Industry Announces Filing of New Safeguard Petition
GAFTT Press Release, 10/5/05
Global Alliance Calls for Special Textile Sectoral in WTO Doha Development Round Negotiations(PDF)
Joint Press Release, 9/29/05
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN U.S.-CHINA TEXTILE TALKS
Joint Press Release, 9/22/05
U.S. Industry Files New Petitions to Limit Textile and Clothing Imports from China (PDF)
Joint Press Release, 9/15/05
Citing Chinese Intransigence, U.S. Industry Files Petitions to Limit Textile and Clothing Imports from China in 2006 (PDF)
Joint Press Release, 8/31/05
U.S. Textile Industry Reacts to Failure of Textile Talks with China
Press Release, 8/15/05
NCTO Lays Out Five Steps to Long Term China Solution
Press Release, 8/1/05
NCTO SUPPORTS BUSH ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO CONSULT WITH INDUSTRY AND CONGRESS ON LONGER-TERM TEXTILE AGREEMENT
Press Release, 7/28/05
NCTO Applauds Rep. Robin Hayes for Working with the Textile Industry to Enact Long Term Chinese Restraints
Press Release, 7/28/05
U.S. Textile Industry Praises Members of Congress Who Voted to Save U.S. Textile Jobs
Press Release, 7/28/05
Textile-State Members Provide Critical Margin in CAFTA Vote
Press Release, 7/25/05
NCTO Applauds Major Improvements in CAFTA that will Promote Textile Exports and Protect Textile Jobs
Joint Press Release, 7/11/05
U.S. Industry Files Petitions to Limit Textile and Clothing Imports from China
NCTO Press Release, 7/8/05
Chinese Apparel Exports Embargo in Just Six Weeks
NCTO Press Release, 7/1/05
NCTO and NCC Applaud Strong Textile And Cotton State Senate Support For CAFTA
NCTO Press Release, 6/10/05
April Trade Figures Show Actions by Government against China were Key to Saving Textile Jobs
Press Release, 5/27/05
U.S Textile Sector Calls for Enactment of DR-CAFTA (PDF)
Press Release, 5/19/05
U.S Textile Sector Calls for Enactment of DR-CAFTA
Press Relase, 5/18/05
Bush Administration Acts Again to Save Textile Jobs
Press Release, 5/13/05
NCTO Applauds Bush Administration Decision to Impose Safeguards on China
Press Release, 5/9/05
NCTO BOARD VOTES TO SUPPORT DR-CAFTA
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole News Release, 5/2/05
Dole Urges U.S. Trade Representative to Meet DR-CAFTA Concern of Textile Industry
News Flash, 4/27/05
Appeals Case Allows Industry Safeguard Cases to Move Ahead NCTO Urges Government to Immediately Impose Safeguards
Joint Press Release, 4/6/05
U.S. Industry Files Seven Petitions to Limit Textile and Clothing Imports from China
NCTO Press Release, 4/4/05
NCTO Applauds Bush Administration Decision to Self-Initiate Safeguards Against China
NCTO Press Release, 4/1/05
NCTO Welcomes Release of Preliminary Monitoring Data
NCTO Press Release, 4/1/05
NCTO Celebrates First Year of Operations
NCTO News Release, 3/31/05
Massive Surge from China Continues in February (PDF)
Joint Press Release, 3/11/05
Textile and Apparel Imports from China Flood U.S. Market
Press Release and Letters from Congressman Robin Hayes, 3/8/05
Congressman Robin Hayes Questions U.S. Customs On Enforcement of Illegal Textile Transshipments
Press Release, 3/7/05
Massive Surge from China in January
Press Release and Letters from Senator Dole, 3/7/05
SENATOR DOLE TAKES ACTION FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY
- Senator Dole in letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez(PDF)
- Senator Dole in letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff (PDF)
Press Release, 2/10/05
In 2004, Imports from China Stage Massive Surge as Import Share Hits 70% in Quota-Free Apparel Categories
Press Release, 2/3/05
Johnson Presents Testimony Before U.S. – China Commission Highlights Unfair Trade Practices as a Key Component to Addressing the China Problem
Joint Industry Resolution, 1/25/05
Joint Industry Resolution on behalf of Avondale Mills
NCTO 2005 Year-End Economic Report
Safeguards Help Improve Industry Outlook in 2004 – 2005 will be most important year in the history of textile and apparel trade
NCTO Statement, 1/3/05
NCTO statement on the imposition of a preliminary injunction by the Court of International Trade
